On Sep 21, 2017, 0pus wrote:
I am inclined to wonder at what point it is permissible to teach magic like sponge bunnies/balls that requires sleight of hand and presentation skills?
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I mean, how does one learn magic today? How does one break into the group 'in the know?'

There are few bricks and mortar magic shops that young and aspiring magicians can frequent, and even if one could find them, the operators and patrons are, more often than not, snarky elitists. (See Martin Breese's forward reproduced here: https://www.lybrary.com/the-page-boy-speaks-p-85972.html It describes his first meeting with Pat Page at Davenports - one that would likely have put a less persistent person than Martin off magic (or at least magicians) entirely.)

So where does a serious student of magic learn his (or her) craft today? And does he (or she) have to have grey hair before he can begin learning?

I think that people like Danny are responding to a need today. Maybe he doesn't have it exactly right, and he will unlikely please every magician who believes that the fewer magicians there are the better it will be for his own job prospects; but Danny does seem to be responding creatively to a need.